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Article: Where paint met passion; CRITIC'S CHOICE. (book review)
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- January 25, 2002
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: TOM ROSENTHAL
PARIS: CAPITAL OF THE ARTS 1900-1968 by Sarah Wilson and others (Royal Academy Publications, [pound]24.50 paperback; Thames&Hudson, [pound]45 hardcover) PARIS PICTURED 1900-1968 by Julian Stallabrass (Royal Academy, distributed by Thames&Hudson, [pound]29.95) Critic's choice
THE Universal Exposition of 1900 brought - without a single aeroplane - some 51 million visitors flocking to Paris.
In May 1968, despite the ravages of two world wars and the horrors of the Nazi occupation, the French universities erupted in mass revolt, ten million workers and many middle-class professionals went on strike, and Paris became a battle ...